Editor of Ditmas Park Corner
[http://knish.me/press/]Photo via Laura Silver [http://knish.me/press/] “If you want to have street cred, you better know about the knish,” Laura Silver told us yesterday of the pastry that she has been proclaimed the world’s leading expert on – a title well earned after traveling
12th Avenue
An 81-year-old man, Uszer Lejtman, was killed late Monday evening after being struck by an SUV at the intersection of 12th Avenue and 40th Street, the NYPD said last night. Lejtman and his 77-year-old wife, Diana, both of Elizabeth, New Jersey, were leaving a wedding a little after 10pm when
Cortelyou at Twilight
For those of you who have been waiting patiently to find out what the new restaurant at the old Picket Fence site (1310 Cortelyou Road) will be like, it looks like you won’t have to wonder much longer! While passing by the site last night, we stopped to speak
1219 Church Avenue
Richie Rich [http://www.yelp.com/biz/richie-rich-caribbean-taste-new-york], the Caribbean restaurant that opened in the summer of 2013 [/blog/food/its-really-happening-the-richie-rich-menu-is-here], has closed its doors for good – and the space at 1219 Church Avenue, between Westminster and Argyle Roads, is now for rent. We’re sad to have to say
The always pretty Prospect Park turns even more beautiful in the snow, as photographed by jlaine910 [http://instagram.com/p/xhc9n-kpB4/?modal=true]. Do you have a picture from around the neighborhood? Email it to us at editor@kensingtonbk.com, and we’ll post it to the blog!
[http://instagram.com/p/xhSrJYI55q/?modal=true]Photo via ditmasparkcorner [http://instagram.com/p/xhSrJYI55q/?modal=true] Many thanks to all our neighbors who captured the snow that blanketed our pretty neighborhood today! What did everyone do in the snow? Snowball fight? Watch it while sipping hot chocolate? Avoid it
1407 Foster avenue
After noticing that the Key Food at 1407 Foster Avenue [http://www.yelp.com/biz/key-food-brooklyn-5] has been boarded up, we wanted to find out what the deal was – and it appears that it’s undergoing renovations and should reopen in a month or so, according to information a worker
amazon
Many thanks to neighbor Kyle Borut for passing along this photo to us! After he spotted this Amazon Fresh [https://fresh.amazon.com/Gateway] van on Cortelyou, we searched the company’s website to see if our neighborhood has been added to their delivery coverage – and guess what? It has.
City Planning
[https://www.facebook.com/hamiltons2826/photos/pb.436150933097151.-2207520000.1415123664./739233956122179/?type=3&theater] Photo via Hamilton’s [https://www.facebook.com/hamiltons2826/photos/pb.436150933097151.-2207520000.1415123664./739233956122179/?type=3&theater] Georgia Read, the owner of Hamilton’s [https://www.facebook.com/hamiltons2826] (2826 Fort Hamilton Parkway)
175 Lawrence Avenue
An NYPD officer from the 70th Precinct was sent to the hospital with head injuries yesterday after he fell off the hood of a police cruiser on Seton Place, just before Parkville Avenue – right by the 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml] headquarters,
1616 cortelyou road
Get ready, neighbors – for all of you who love Café Madeline [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cafe-Madeline/126053197435728?fref=ts] (1603 Cortelyou Road), we have good news for you! The café’s owner is opening up a restaurant at 1616 Cortelyou Road, right next to the Cortelyou Market by Key
22 Reade Street
[https://www.facebook.com/hamiltons2826/photos/pb.436150933097151.-2207520000.1415123664./739233956122179/?type=3&theater] Photo via Hamilton’s [https://www.facebook.com/hamiltons2826/photos/pb.436150933097151.-2207520000.1415123664./739233956122179/?type=3&theater] Georgia Read, the owner of Hamilton’s [https://www.facebook.com/hamiltons2826] (2826 Fort Hamilton Parkway)